Doctors warn ocular monkeypox could impair vision

One patient has profound visual impairment after developing lesions in the eye, US doctors report
Conjunctival ulcer in ocular monkeypox patient. Photo: CDC.

Doctors in the US have described five recent cases of ocular monkeypox in a bid to increase awareness the rare but sight-threatening condition. 

Though the precise frequency of ocular monkeypox in the current outbreak is unknown, the case authors estimate that one in 20 infected patients report ocular symptoms.